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By Fabricland West March 23, 2020 in Make No Comments

Zip it Pouch

Zip it up and keep it sealed with our zip it pouch! Perfect for headphones, lip balm, coins and whatever else you need to keep safe. Don’t limit yourself to just lips make your own pattern and shape.

Materials

Scrap fabric
8″ Zipper
Thread

Zip-it-Pouch-Pattern-copy Download

Instructions

Using the pattern provided and removable marker or pencil trace your pattern.

2. Cut out your pattern from the fabric and lining.

3. Place the right side of the zipper onto the right side of the main fabric top lip and stitch.

4. Repeat on the other side with the bottom lip. Be careful not to twist your zipper.

5. Place the lining and main fabric of the top lip right sides together with the zipper sandwiched between and stitch.

6. Repeat on the other side with the bottom lip.

7. Place the back lip onto the font lip right sides together, pin in place.

8. Place the wrong side of the lining onto the wrong side of the back, pin in place.

9. Leave the zipper open and stitch around the whole lip with 1/4″ seam allowance.

10. Clip the seam around the lips and zipper.

11. Flip right side out.

By Fabricland West March 20, 2020 in Make 10 Comments

Keep the kids busy with crafts! Cut out the pieces for the fox and panda and have them assemble them. Try creating your own animals also or cut out a bunch of pieces and let them create their own! For more kid-friendly crafts check out our post,

https://blog.fabriclandwest.com/kid-friendly-project-round-up

Materials

Assorted Scrap Felt
Felt Glue
Optional: Thread and Sewing Machine

Animal-Corner-Bookmarks Pattern Download

Instructions

*Instructions given are for the fox. The panda is made the same way.*

Using the pattern provided cut out the pieces from scrap felt or fabric.

2. Using felt glue or craft glue, glue the inner ear to the outer ear.

3. Glue the inner eye to the outer eye.

4. Glue the eyes and nose to the face. You can also use googly eyes!

5. Glue the face to one outer corner piece.

6. Glue the ears on top of the other outer corner piece.

7. Glue the edges of the bottom fox, leaving the bottom round edge glueless, attach the top fox.

8. Optional: Stitch around the outer edge with a decorative stitch.

By Fabricland West March 20, 2020 in Make No Comments

Kid-Friendly Project Round-up

Kids are home, now what?! Give them the chance to be creative with arts and crafts. You don’t need to be crafty to play around with these fun DIY and projects from many of our suppliers. Explore their websites for even more ideas and projects!

Refashioning: Create New Looks with Elbow Patches

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By Fabricland West March 3, 2020 in Make No Comments

Party Decorations

We threw our 43rd Birthday party and had to share our tips for making a successful birthday display! From the backdrop to the goodie bags we stuck to a bright, fun, rainbow theme.